Veteran Indian wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik has said that he would like his Ranji Trophy teammate and one of India’s greatest Test bowlers, Ravichandran Ashwin, to lead the Indian team for the upcoming Asian Games 2023. Karthik further added that the off-spinner should be given the honour of leading the Indian side for the contributions he’s made to the team over the years.
Asian Games will take place in China this year from September 23 to October 8, 2023. Cricket will be featured in the multi-sport event. “I genuinely wish that they make him (Ravichandran Ashwin) the captain of team India for the Asian Games…He (Ashwin) is a great cricketer considering the number of wickets he picked up and the number of man of the series he has done..,” Karthik said at an event.
Ashwin has played 270 international matches for India, in which he has picked up 697 wickets. He has also scored 4,020 runs at an average of 24.21, with five centuries and 14 fifties. His most successful format is Test cricket. In 92 matches, he has scored 3,129, with five centuries and 13 fifties to his name. He is also the second-highest wicket-taker for India in Tests with 474 wickets. The offspinner has won 10 ‘Man of the Series’ awards in Tests, the second-most by any player.
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Shikhar Dhawan is likely to lead team India at Asian Games 2023. However, the decision has not been finalised, according to BCCI sources.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had agreed to send the men’s and women’s teams first time to the Asian Games 2023 which will be held in China.
Asian Games does not come under International Cricket Council (ICC) and will not be recognised in International cricket.
Apart from domestic cricket, the India Women’s Cricket Team won’t have any other commitments in September.
The Indian women’s team participated in the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham.
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